About the Authors
- Paul A. Lapchak
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* E-mail: Paul.Lapchak@cshs.org
Affiliations Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Paul D. Boitano
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Pramod V. Butte
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- David J. Fisher
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Affiliation BURL Concepts Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Thilo Hölscher
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Affiliation BURL Concepts Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Eric J. Ley
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Miriam Nuño
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Arne H. Voie
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Affiliation BURL Concepts Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Padmesh S. Rajput
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Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Cedars-Sinai Medical center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: Co-authors David J. Fisher, Thilo Hoelscher and Arne H. Voie are employed by BURL Concepts Inc.. This study utilized a K-Laser USA LLC model K-1200 device. Dr. Lapchak serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurology & Neurophysiology and Associate Editor of Translational Stroke Research. The scientific content of this work was not directly supported by NIH or any other funding source external to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. PAL was supported in part by a U01 Translational research grant NS060685. TH was supported by an R01 research grant HL091043. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PAL. Performed the experiments: PAL PVB PDB DF TH EL PSR AV. Analyzed the data: PAL MN PR AV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PAL AV EL. Wrote the paper: PAL PDB PSR AV.